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I had mine at the end of the clock and the panoramic roof sounded like it could have blown off at any given moment

Car was still very stable though, I bet the clubman would be more stable still.

New car collected today


It is not silent, but very quiet and quite nippy.

Steering is overly assisted and I'll have to get used to Renault ways of doing things.

First annoyance is that the manual doesn't fit in the glovebox.

Will get better pictures when it isn't raining.

DeskJockey wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 12:29 pm
Will get better pictures when it isn't raining.

You clearly invited Beany round to take that one

mik wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 12:39 pm

DeskJockey wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 12:29 pm
Will get better pictures when it isn't raining.

You clearly invited Beany round to take that one

lol - I was going to say the same!

I was the top student in the Beany School of Potatography I'll have you know.

It is a 68 plate Signature Nav with 18k on the clock. Needs new mats and a better clean than the dealer gave it.

Range shows as 144 miles with the battery at 96%.

Second annoyance: mirrors don't fold when you lock it.

Having a Zappi charger installed on Tuesday. Rang a local installer who came round same day, he recommended it, so that was an easy decision (and helped by @mik having firsthand experience).

That’s pretty good - I had to wait 6 weeks before our charger install as demand is high! (Although ours was more complex than most due to separate garage building).

Yes, that's why we jumped. He had the unit already, so offered it to us. If we wanted a black one instead it would have to be in 5-6 weeks when he could get one delivered.

I asked about some of the others I had looked at. He doesn't do Pod-Point, and when I asked about Rolec he suggested I look elsewhere. As he recommended Zappi unprompted, that seems a good sign to me.

Merc update: I have broken the parking brake (the release handle is all floppy and the foot pedal won't stay down) but I just leave it in P.

And I now palletise my loads:



ETA: the electric steering column has got stuck too, but it's in a perfectly reasonable position, fortunately. The simple fix of smacking the steering wheel while pressing the adjuster has left me with a sore hand so I'll get it fixed at the next service, 5,400 miles away.

DeskJockey wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:06 pm I was the top student in the Beany School of Potatography I'll have you know.

You've earned this, truly.

(Imagine the sort of progress I could make in life if I put as much effort into finding a new job as I did into making that image for a crap joke?)

Indeed. Was that picture taken with a King Edward or a Russet?

DeskJockey wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 2:38 pm Indeed. Was that picture taken with a King Edward or a Russet?

I was feeling like something more delicate, so it was a Russet in the end.

Maybe the Renault is a very long car. Reminds me of back in the day when dick picks were a thing. I could only take a picture of the tip or the base.

Mito Man wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 2:50 pm Maybe the Renault is a very long car. Reminds me of back in the day when dick picks were a thing. I could only take a picture of the tip or the base.

Because you're a shit photographer and are incapable of framing correctly?

Thats a lovely new car

DeskJockey wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:24 pm Yes, that's why we jumped. He had the unit already, so offered it to us. If we wanted a black one instead it would have to be in 5-6 weeks when he could get one delivered.

I asked about some of the others I had looked at. He doesn't do Pod-Point, and when I asked about Rolec he suggested I look elsewhere. As he recommended Zappi unprompted, that seems a good sign to me.

The reputation Rolec have for being unreliable is out of date IMO, early ones were bad but they claim it's sorted. Mines been fine so far.

Welcome to the world of chilled driving, for daily stuff EV are great IMO.

Cheers, wife is looking forward to it.

Won't be posting in the 60-100 thread either because that's not chilled driving, and perhaps more relevant, it is limited to 86.

That reminds me I need to do the E-Tron....

DeskJockey wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:03 am Cheers, wife is looking forward to it.

Won't be posting in the 60-100 thread either because that's not chilled driving, and perhaps more relevant, it is limited to 86.

That reminds me, I should really do a 60-100 on the 928 when I get a chance. I'm curious to see how it stacks up.

on 23rd Oct 2020 speedingfine wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 4:51 pm On a W124 tip mine just faied it's MOT...

... it will ride again

Four months and 2 covid lockdowns later...



£1000 bodywork and welding and only dings and scrapes are letting the side down now, rather than fist size rust holes. It does still need lowering quite badly. Rolling restoration innit. It'll happen one day.

Great to be back in it though. I sorted the tracking this afternoon too, so the Merc emblem on the wheel is finally pointing up when on the motorway

(Very) poor man's Rolls-Royce I reckon. Radio 4 has never sounded so good

Caterham also passed its MOT today, no advisories!